u/mubbashirahmed

Hey everyone,

I'm a Full Stack Software Engineer based in Karachi, Pakistan with 5+ years of experience building enterprise-grade systems. I'm actively looking for remote roles or opportunities where relocation/visa sponsorship is on the table.

What I do:

My core stack is .NET Core / C# / ASP.NET, but I work comfortably across the full stack — React, Next.js, Angular, Python, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Azure, AWS. I've also been deep in AI integrations (OpenAI, AWS Polly, LLM pipelines) and data engineering (Microsoft Fabric, PySpark, Databricks, medallion architecture).

Some things I've shipped:

• Multi-tenant SaaS ETL + Power BI platform on Microsoft Fabric with custom RBAC, Stripe/PayTabs billing, and GitHub Actions CI/CD
• B2B Courier Management System — full admin portal covering vendors, zones, routes, shipments, customers, and P&L reports, plus a customer portal with sub-account management; integrated UPS, DHL, and FedEx for real-time rates, booking, and tracking (Next.js + .NET Core)
• B2C courier platform built from dev to production in under 6 months (Next.js + .NET Core)
• Pakistan's first fully automated AI kids magazine (Discounted)— zero human involvement from content discovery to publishing (Python + OpenAI + AWS Polly + Next.js)
• Amazon Ads/Seller data pipelines processing 500K+ records/month with zero downtime
• SharePoint 2019 DMS with a 2TB+ legacy data migration using CSOM
• I've led small dev teams, handled sprint planning and code reviews, and delivered across Agile environments both on-site and remotely (including for a UK-based company).

Open to:

• Remote roles anywhere
• Relocation to the USA, UK, Canada, or Germany

Feel free to comment or DM me, I will be happy to share my resume and portfolio links with you!

Hey,

Just wanted to vent a little and also genuinely ask — what's going on with the job market right now?

I'm a Full Stack Software Engineer with 5 years of professional experience in software development, plus an additional 2 years background in graphic design before I transitioned fully into tech. So in total I've been in the industry for over 7 years.

The past 6 months have been honestly exhausting. I've been actively job hunting and the cycle has been two-fold:

1. Apply → get no response at all. A large chunk of applications just disappear into the void — no acknowledgment, no rejection, nothing.

2. The ones that do respond: apply → initial HR screening → technical round → final round → silence. No offers. Not even a rejection most of the time — just ghosting after getting deep into the process.

It's not like I'm getting filtered at the first stage. I'm consistently making it through multiple rounds, which tells me my profile isn't the issue. But something is breaking down at the end, and I genuinely can't tell if it's:

- Companies freezing hiring at the last minute

- Budget issues causing roles to get pulled

- An oversaturated market with too many strong candidates

- Or just bad luck compounding over 6 months?

I've applied to both local companies and remote roles. The remote pipeline feels especially brutal — you compete internationally and the goalposts keep shifting.

To anyone else in the Pakistani tech space right now: are you experiencing the same thing? Is the market as rough as it feels, or am I missing something?

Would love to hear from people who recently landed roles — what actually worked for you?